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弟
dì
1. younger brother
2. junior male
3. I (modest word in letter)
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

弟
dì
young brother, junior
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

内弟
nèidì
wife's younger brother
舍弟
shèdì
my younger brother (humble term)
杆弟
gāndì
caddie (golf)
老弟
lǎodì
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
襟弟
jīndì
husband of wife's younger sister
盟弟
méngdì
junior partner in sworn brotherhood
砚弟
yàndì
younger fellow student
表弟
biǎodì
younger male cousin via female line
兄弟
xiōngdì
brothers
HSK 5
堂弟
tángdì
younger male patrilineal cousin
令弟
lìngdì
honorable little brother
子弟
zǐdì
child
学弟
xuédì
junior or younger male schoolmate
家弟
jiādì
(polite) my younger brother
小弟
xiǎodì
little brother
阿弟
ādì
younger brother
贤弟
xiándì
worthy little brother
师弟
shīdì
young disciple (of the same master)
幼弟
yòudì
younger brother
弟兄
dìxiong
brothers

Alternate Entries

弟
tì
variant of [[悌<tì>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
815
Word Frequency Rank
2,687 of 84,292